Smiley Support

Table of Contents:

Overview

The Smiley Support module checks the user input text for common smiley characters and turns them into an image.

The most famous smiley is colon right-parenthesis which looks like a smiley face.

The smiley support module allows you to choose your own smileys and add new ones that fit your community.

It comes with the option to easily install a default set which can be extended and changed to fit your needs.

screenshot of the 'Smiley Browser' tab of the module in the ACP

From the Smiley Browser tab of the module in the ACP you can either upload smileys one at a time or load the default set, then change them to suit your needs.

screenshot of the smiley browser with the default set loaded in

Quota Config

Now when the editor is viewed in any profile in a quota that has 'Show in Editor' enabled, they will see an extra button in the editor menu with smileys on it

screenshot of the Enable Smiley Images Quota Config setting

screenshot of the smiley button in the editor

Active Text Formatter

The Quota Config setting will show the smiley button in the editor, but there is also another location you need to know about. "Active Text Formatters"
ACP -> CORE -> SYSTEM CORE -> QUOTA CONFIG -> ACTIVE TEXT FORMATTERS

If you enable the "Allow Smileys" in this section then any : ) characters will be turned into from text that users type into forums and comments etc.